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NekNek Update
On Friday, I discussed how to add support for no-op variants to the Python-based KenKen puzzle solver that we’ve seen before. Today, I folded those enhancements into the JavaScript-based, web-accessible version of the solver. (It’s oh-so-cleverly named “NekNek”.) If you’ve … Continue reading
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Load/Save
When I implemented my web-based port of Taipan!, I added one minor feature: I let the user save (and load) a game to (or from) a single savegame ‘slot’. It can take a few hours to work your score up … Continue reading
New Taipan! Port
I enjoyed Jay Link’s JS version of Taipan! so much that I just had to play a complete version. So, I took his C/ncurses version and ported it to JavaScript. The port is available here. (Warning: It’s feature-complete in terms … Continue reading
April Retrospective
Here are the complete statistics on visits to my puzzle pages during the month of April:
Google Gadgets (IE)
I’ve spent the last few days getting my puzzle Gadget to work in Internet Explorer. In order to make the Gadget work in IE, I had to avoid one questionable practice, and code in one outrageous hack. Today, I’d like … Continue reading
Cross Browser Testing
I’ve been using the crossbrowsertesting.com web service to debug my IE Gadget woes. CBT.com offers browser-based (Java) VNC connections to virtual(?) machines featuring a wide variety of OSes and browsers. You can use try out the service for free (although … Continue reading
Showstopper
“Showstopper” bugs – bugs which demand your attention, which hold up forward progress – aren’t terribly common. Most things can be put off, worked around, “featurized”, or discarded if you don’t want to deal with them right away. Every now … Continue reading
Buttons!
A quick recommendation for you: Cool Text is a nice little web tool that you can use to create buttons for your site. Its only real downside is that it has 1200 fonts available, many of which are awful; you … Continue reading
Dumb Gadgets
Over the past few days I’ve talked about the process of converting my puzzle site from a webapp into a Google Gadget. A few twists and turns aside, the centerpiece of the effort was eliminating the page reloads that I’d … Continue reading
Google Gadgets (Misc)
I’ve dropped the first version of my widget, available here. (I don’t have any nice “click here to add” functionality yet; that’s for tomorrow.) I’ve collected a few more random observations while getting it out the door, which might be … Continue reading
